Black lab issue.

Hunter21

Was out after duck yesterday with the dog, none about so shot a few pigeons over peas.
The dog is 10 months old, wouldn't batt an eye lid at one shot but yesterday after a few shots in a row he got gun shy.
I fired shots over him a good few times he was grand, but when a semi with three shots goes off he bows the head, runs on a bit and is slow to come to me.

Today when cleaning out stables if I banged the shovel off the ground he got edgy.

Any tips?
He was perfect under the gun before yesterday now he's developing a worrying shyness

oats 2

way way too young for that kinda exposure imo.

Hunter21

oats 2 wrote: »

way way too young for that kinda exposure imo.

He was grand before with one or two shots. Prob ruined all hope for him now! :mad:

jaksnipe

+1 on that. i hope you havnt done long term damage. go back to the start and get a m8 to fire 22 blanks 100 yds away and prase like mad. reasure the dog this noise is ok and over a few weeks bring the dog closer. little and often is the key with any training.

Hunter21

jaksnipe wrote: »

+1 on that. i hope you havnt done long term damage. go back to the start and get a m8 to fire 22 blanks 100 yds away and prase like mad. reasure the dog this noise is ok and over a few weeks bring the dog closer. little and often is the key with any training.

Little and often is key with anything but we got excited yesterday with the pigeons on the peas and forgot about one step at a time with such a young dog.

Dalken

oats 2 wrote: »

way way too young for that kinda exposure imo.

+1, ten months still only a pup and your exposing him to some fairly hefty banging there..ease up thats my advice.

snipe02

Hunter21 wrote: »

Was out after duck yesterday with the dog, none about so shot a few pigeons over peas.
The dog is 10 months old, wouldn't batt an eye lid at one shot but yesterday after a few shots in a row he got gun shy.
I fired shots over him a good few times he was grand, but when a semi with three shots goes off he bows the head, runs on a bit and is slow to come to me.

Today when cleaning out stables if I banged the shovel off the ground he got edgy.

Any tips?
He was perfect under the gun before yesterday now he's developing a worrying shyness

ok relax get what your dog likes best a\ dead rabbit or whatever get a buddy with a shotgun or starting pistol about 200 yards away wind the dog up with the retrieve and send him the same time you give your the signal to fire move in 20 yrds every second or third day but only when hes getting excited with the shot dead game will be an extra incentive for him just make the sound as happy a experience as posable for him but start way out and he should come around its so easy undo all the work but he sounds just a litte nervous not gun shy so thread carefully and if it takes till the end of the season to get him right you owe it to him lesson learnt i bet its the last time youl rush a young dog not a big deal give yourself a break

One shot on kill

Give him space and time. To be fair I don't know a whole lot about gun dogs but I had a dog that the second he seen me coming with the gun he was gone never mind letting Shots off. I'd consider that gun your lad sounds like he is still coming to terms with the noise and is still trying to figure it out.

Try not be banging shovels and that unless you have his attention and he is in good form and excited.